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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Thanks to everyone HOOOO linked up last week! I am sorry that I didn't get to comment on every one's links, but I do appreciate everyone HOOOOO takes the time to come and PARTY with me! I am very sick right now, so I haven't had time to put together my favorites from last week. I still want to give you the oppurtunity to link up this week!

Onto this weeksHOO'S GOT TALENTlink party!

Here are the rules!

*Link-up your post not your main URL to this party, then PLEASE include a link back to this page.

*Make sure your link is to your specific post and not your main URL.
*No Etsy pages or business websites please.
*Include a short description of your project and the name

of your blog in your link up.

* Visit at least 2 other blog links and show them some love!

*Grab the party-link button on the side bar so others can join the PARTY!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

HOO ARE YOU!My questions are pretty lame this week, because I am running out of ideas for questions! Feel free to email me some soon!

Here are this weeks questions!

1. What is your least favorite thing to clean in your house?

2. What color of shirts do you wear the most?

3. Do you have long hair or short hair?

4. What time do you usually eat dinner?

5. What is your favorite dessert?

Here are my answers!

1. What is your least favorite thing to clean in your house?

I hate folding and putting laundry away!

2. What color of shirts do you wear the most?

I think I wear a lot of brown colored shirts.

3. Do you have long hair or short hair?

I just chopped my hair off to an A line at the beginning of the summer. I love it! I also love that my sister does hair, so I can do what ever I want with it!

4. What time do you usually eat dinner?

We are not consistent on dinner time because of my husband's work schedule. When he is on days we don't eat until 8:00pm. I know that is ridiculous, but that is how we can all sit down together.

5. What is your favorite dessert?

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Here are the RULES!!!

Here's how it will work, each Tuesday I'll post a few questions. They can be anything from What's your favorite color to What's your favorite movie.

You will then copy this week's questions and change the answers to your own.

You will post them in a new post on your blog (you can back date this post so it doesn't show up as your newest post) and then come and link up that particular post (not the link to your main blog) here on our link party.

Make sure to visit as many blogs as you can and comment! It will be a good way to get to know some fun and interesting things about your fellow crafters!

Also add this cute little button to your post so that others can join in on the PARTY!!! (It is over on the left side bar)

I also would love your input for questions that you would like to know about each other! Feel free to email me any questions you come up with to nightowlcrafting@hotmail.com!

Now its your turn to answer the questions!

PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN A POST ON YOUR BLOG, DON'T PUT YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF THIS POST!

IF YOU NOTICE THAT YOUR POST IS NO LONGER LINKED UP, READ THE RULES AND LINK UP AGAIN! ALSO IF YOU HAVE A CRAFT TO LINK UP, COME BACK TOMORROW FOR HOO'S GOT TALENT!

Monday, August 23, 2010

2. Do you prefer to shop online or go out and actually go to the stores?

3. Would you prefer to go camping or stay in a motel?

4. Do your prefer going to the movies or staying home to watch one?

5. Do you prefer a shower or a bath?

Here are my answers!

1. Do you prefer to write in cursive or print?

I am a print kind of gal! I only use cursive to sign my name!

2. Do you prefer to shop online or go out and actually go to the stores?

I like both! I love to shop online when I know I won't be getting to any stores and I love to go shopping when I get out of town!

3. Would you prefer to go camping or stay in a motel?

I would say a motel! I don't have to clean up after everyone and I don't have to worry about any animals except my husband and kids!

4. Do your prefer going to the movies or staying home to watch one?

I love to go to the movies when I get a chance, but sometimes I just like to curl up on the couch and watch a movie in my jammies!

5. Do you prefer a shower or a bath?

I love showers! They are fast and usually more convenient for me. I do take a bath if I am sick though, it seems to make me feel better!

Here are the RULES!!!

Here's how it will work, each Tuesday I'll post a few questions. They can be anything from What's your favorite color to What's your favorite movie.

You will then copy this week's questions and change the answers to your own.

You will post them in a new post on your blog (you can back date this post so it doesn't show up as your newest post) and then come and link up that particular post (not the link to your main blog) here on our link party.

Make sure to visit as many blogs as you can and comment! It will be a good way to get to know some fun and interesting things about your fellow crafters!

Also add this cute little button to your post so that others can join in on the PARTY!!! (It is over on the left side bar)

I also would love your input for questions that you would like to know about each other! Feel free to email me any questions you come up with to nightowlcrafting@hotmail.com!

Now its your turn to answer the questions!

PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN A POST ON YOUR BLOG, DON'T PUT YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF THIS POST!

IF YOU NOTICE THAT YOUR POST IS NO LONGER LINKED UP, READ THE RULES AND LINK UP AGAIN! ALSO IF YOU HAVE A CRAFT TO LINK UP, COME BACK TOMORROW FOR HOO'S GOT TALENT!

I just couldn't resist making my own. I thought it would be fun to have one in my classroom, so this is what I created.

I have had this cork board in my class for awhile with nothing on it, so I thought it would be perfect for subway art! First I spray painted the whole board.

Next I went to my mom's and designed my words on her vinyl machine. I was going to do them in different fonts and colors, but I settled for all white and all the same font. It was easier when I was figuring out the dimensions to do it all the same color.

Then the final step was to put the vinyl on the board. This was the hardest part, because the vinyl didn't want to stick to the cork part of the board. After some patience it finally came together.

There is one word I forgot, can you figure out what it was?

SCHOOL

How did I forget the main word that it was suppose to be centered around?

Oh well it still turned out adorable and I love it.

I am planning on making several more to go in my house.

I am linking this to all the parties on my side bar!

This brings me to my next topic!

BLOGMANIA!!!!!

I am a little late getting started on this, but my theme is vinyl around the house.

It is called...

"If Walls Could Talk?"

So this is where you come into play! I am searching for sponsors for my prize package.

If you or anyone you know would like to donate to the prize package, then you will be added to my prize and your company or blog will be given huge publicity! This is going to be a huge event! If you don't know about it click on the button to read about it!

If you would love this opportunity then you would need to contribute anything vinyl that could go in someones house. You can contact me at nightowlcrafting@hotmail.com!

I am so excited for this event and you should be too!

Mark your calendars to join in on the party and hopefully win some amazing prizes!

Monday, August 16, 2010

What a quick week it has been and for that matter what a quick summer! I am so sad that I have to go back to teaching on Wednesday! I feel like my summer break was way TOO short. I guess I shouldn't complain, because at least I got a paid vacation.

I am so excited for another week of

HOO ARE YOU!

Here are this weeks questions!

1. What is your favorite flavor?

2, What was or is your favorite subject in school?

3. What are some of your hobbies?

4. Do you prefer fruits or vegetables?

5. What color of eyes do you have?

Here are my answers!

1. What is your favorite flavor?

My favorite flavor is peach! I love anything peach flavored.

2, What was or is your favorite subject in school?

My favorite subject by far is MATH! I have an easy time with math and I can't stand English or History.

3. What are some of your hobbies?

Well of course you know I love to craft! I also love to paint. I am always painting something whether it is a room in my house or in someone else's house! I find it very therapeutic. I know I am a little strange. I also like to shop and have girl nights out!

4. Do you prefer fruits or vegetables?

I would have to say FRUIT baby! I like a few veggies, but I love almost every fruit. It is so YUMMY and refreshing.

5. What color of eyes do you have?

I have Hershey brown eyes! You know what people say when they see that you have brown eyes (you are full of crap) I don't know if a agree with this or not. Well maybe part of the time.

Here are the RULES!!!

I can't wait to get to know each other a little better and see what else we have in common besides our craftiness! Here's how it will work, each Tuesday I'll post a few questions. They can be anything from What's your favorite color to What's your favorite movie.

You will then copy this week's questions and change the answers to your own.

You will post them in a new post on your blog (you can back date this post so it doesn't show up as your newest post) and then come and link up that particular post (not the link to your main blog) here on our link party.

Make sure to visit as many blogs as you can and comment! It will be a good way to get to know some fun and interesting things about your fellow crafters!

Also add this cute little button to your post so that others can join in on the PARTY!!! (It is over on the left side bar).

I also would love your input for questions that you would like to know about each other! Feel free to email me any questions you come up with to nightowlcrafting@hotmail.com!

Now its your turn to answer the questions!

PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN A POST ON YOUR BLOG, DON'T PUT YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF THIS POST!

IF YOU NOTICE THAT YOUR POST IS NO LONGER LINKED UP, READ THE RULES AND LINK UP AGAIN! ALSO IF YOU HAVE A CRAFT TO LINK UP, COME BACK TOMORROW FOR HOO'S GOT TALENT!

Friday, August 13, 2010

I am so excited to be blog swapping with Scraps N Strings! Ruth and Sammy are amazing! Please visit their blog and show them some LOVE!

Hello to Night Owl Crafting readers! This is Ruth and Sammy from Scraps N' Strings and we are so excited to be doing our blog swap with Leslie! We figure we had better introduce ourselves a bit before we start.

I'm Ruth and I am a stay at home mommy of 2 (3 and 1) and a part-time photographer, you can see my work here. I enjoy making "stuff" and taking pictures of them! I especially love to sew and like to break out the Modge Podge. I love anything that is quick and simple! After I got married, I started crafting with my sister-in-law Sammy as a way to make our homes cute without spending a lot of money.

My name is Sammy and I have 2 darling little boys, 2 1/2 and 1 year. I'm a stay at home mom and I like to spend my zero amount of free time trying to be crafty and beautifying my home. One of the first things my husband said to me when we bought our home was, "You want to put crafts up, don't you?" So that's what I've done. And now we've decided to share some of our ideas with you! We've got a little bit of everything on our blog, from baby and home tutorials to recipes!

So on to the tutorial...

My oldest boy, Finn, loves lions. Well he's obsessed with lions, really. If he sees a lion and he can't have it then he gets so depressed that he will sit in front of the TV watching soap operas and finish off an entire quart of double fudge cookie dough ice cream and, wait, that's someone else that I'm thinking of. Anyway, he really loves lions. The other day he had an encounter with a lion that he couldn't have and after I bribed had a clear discussion with him about how a snow cone is so much better than crying, I told him that I would make him his own lion, so I did. My inspiration came from the lion that I put on my magnetic busy boards.

To start I bought a yard of lion colored fleece. Ok that wasn't the actual name of it, but it should have been. I used a large sized Tupperware bowl to trace and cut out 2 circles from the fleece. You can really use any size you want.

I then cut out shapes of the pieces for the face from felt and ironed on some Heat n Bond.

I placed them how I wanted them on one of the fleece circles and then ironed them on.

I then used my sewing machine and did a zig-zag stitch around each piece on the face to make sure they held down tight, and because it looked so much dang-cuter that way. (Is dang-cuter a word?)

I then took the second circle and sewed it around the edge to the first, right sides together, leaving the neck space open.

And flipped it right side out.

For the body I used a smaller bowl, traced most of the way around it and then at the top of the circle I drew two lines going up. (Look at the pic below, you'll understand.) Cut this piece out of 2 layers of fleece and sew around the edges, right sides together, leaving the neck open. Flip right-side out.

Now sew the front of the body and the front of the head together at the opening, making sure the seam goes into the inside.

Stuff him full of Fiber Fill and hand sew the back of the neck closed.

Now for the hair. If you have ever tied a quilt, that is basically how I did the hair. If you haven't, here's how.

Take your needle and yarn and poke it in and then out of the fleece in a small spot.

On your first make sure you leave about 3 inches of yarn sticking out the end. If you're on to the next piece make a loop 3 inches on each side.

Then take your needle and go back through the same holes that you did the first time and pull all of the way through creating a knot. Start the next piece right where you ended the last one.

I left all of the loops until I was done and then cut each loop right at the top to make the hair.

I did 2 rows of hair to give it some thickness.

Next step is to cut 2 ear shapes out of some felt. Cut a tiny slit in the middle of the bottom. This will make the ears curve forward when sewn on.

Hand stitch onto the head between the two rows of hair. Cross the slit over itself and sew it down like that.

And once the 2 ears are on your lion is done!

I added a little scrap bow tie (it's basically just a knot) to hide the seam around the neck.

And then go hide him in the bushes for your little lamb to come find, cuz that's how lions roll.

And he will love him, and possibly name him Phil, like my little guy did :D

Make sure to check out our blog for a ton more fun projects including baby gifts...

and more...

You won't be disappointed!

Thanks again Leslie for letting us visit! We had a blast!

Thanks girls for taking over my blog today! Also thanks for the sweet tutorial! You two are so cute and have a FABULOUS blog!